President Donald Trump late Monday threatened to permanently pull U.S. funding from the World Health Organization if it does not "commit to major substantive improvements in the next 30 days."In a letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump said, "It is clear the repeated missteps by you and your organization in responding to the pandemic have been extremely costly for the world. The only way forward for the World Health Organization is if it can actually demonstrate independence from China."My administration has already started discussions with you on how to reform the organization. But action is needed quickly. We do not have time to waste."Monday's letter on official White House letterhead, screenshots of which were posted to Twitter, assails the WHO's stance toward China throughout the pandemic and lists a series of allegations that the organization overlooked warning signs. "I cannot allow American taxpayer dollars to continue to finance an organization that, in its present state, is so clearly not serving America's interests," the president wrote.Trump specifically criticized the WHO for "political gamesmanship" for praising China's strict domestic travel restrictions while being "inexplicably against my closing of the United States border."He went on to highlight the WHO's reaffirmation of "China's now-debunked claim that the coronavirus could not be transmitted between humans."The move comes after Trump temporarily halted funding to the organization last month."The U.S. funds $400 million to $500 million to the WHO each year," Trump said at the time, noting that China "contributes roughly $40 million.""Had the WHO done its job to get medical experts into China to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out China's lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death," Trump said then.Tedros responded at the time by affirming that the WHO will continue working with other countries and argued that unity is key to fighting the coronavirus. CNN has reached out to the WHO for comment on the president's letter.

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President Donald Trump late Monday threatened to permanently pull U.S. funding from the World Health Organization if it does not "commit to major substantive improvements in the next 30 days."

In a letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump said, "It is clear the repeated missteps by you and your organization in responding to the pandemic have been extremely costly for the world. The only way forward for the World Health Organization is if it can actually demonstrate independence from China.

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"My administration has already started discussions with you on how to reform the organization. But action is needed quickly. We do not have time to waste."

Monday's letter on official White House letterhead, screenshots of which were posted to Twitter, assails the WHO's stance toward China throughout the pandemic and lists a series of allegations that the organization overlooked warning signs.

"I cannot allow American taxpayer dollars to continue to finance an organization that, in its present state, is so clearly not serving America's interests," the president wrote.

Trump specifically criticized the WHO for "political gamesmanship" for praising China's strict domestic travel restrictions while being "inexplicably against my closing of the United States border."

He went on to highlight the WHO's reaffirmation of "China's now-debunked claim that the coronavirus could not be transmitted between humans."

The move comes after Trump temporarily halted funding to the organization last month.

"The U.S. funds $400 million to $500 million to the WHO each year," Trump said at the time, noting that China "contributes roughly $40 million."

"Had the WHO done its job to get medical experts into China to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out China's lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death," Trump said then.

Tedros responded at the time by affirming that the WHO will continue working with other countries and argued that unity is key to fighting the coronavirus.